The
task is difficult, but vital. The struggle is hard, but necessary.
The risks are high,but cannot be avoided. The effort will demand
all our courage, resourcefulness and endurance. We must work for
such a movement with the sure knowledge that people want reform,
and if we fail to translate their frustration and anger into a
constructive reform movement, the nation will have to forsake
peace,freedom and unity, and at least a generation or more will
needlessly suffer pain, anguish and misery on a scale
unprecedented in human history. If we attempt reform earnestly
and design institutions wisely, the reform movement will surely
succeed in a few years' time and the Indian people will build a
nation of peace,freedom and unity, a nation that will play its
rightful role globally in keeping with its size, history and
civilization, and will promote happiness of its citizens
internally. As some one said with prescience, there is nothing
more powerful than an idea whose time has come. This is the time
for a holistic reform of our governance structure,to build a
strong, democratic, self-governing India, with all its citizens
enjoying peace, freedom and harmony. History beckons us.